LIFE Stories

“ Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." – Proverbs 3:5-6. +++ There is a story about a mountain guide who lived in the mountains of North Wales. One day, two mountain climbers came to his cabin and asked if they could stay with him as they climbed the hill and mountains. The guide said yea, and asked the men if they needed a guide. "There is no need," said the men, "We don't need a guide, we have our compasses, we have our charts, we have our maps that will bring us back here." "But," said the guide, "I know the mountain tracks like the back of my hand; I know where the dangerous pits are, I know where the tall cliffs are, I know how to guide you around those and through those difficult places." But the men just said again and again, "But all of that is on the map, we can make it." Then the old guide smiled and said, ...

But he [Jesus] answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" - Matthew 4:4. +++ Some years ago Bishop Fulton Sheen was scheduled to speak at the Town Hall in an unfamiliar city. He decided to walk and, on the way, got lost. He saw some boys so asked them, "Can you tell me how to get to the Town Hall." "What are you going to do there?" asked one of the boys. "I'm going to give a lecture," replied the bishop. "About what?" asked the boy. "Oh, on how to get to heaven. Would you care to come along?" "Are you kidding?" said the boy, "You don't even know how to get to Town Hall!" +++ Wherever we're going, it helps to know the way… especially if we want to get through life successfully and go to heaven. Clear directions are available. They're all in the Bible. "Dear God, help me to be sure I know the wa...

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" - Matthew 7:3. +++ Once a Priest told about a situation when a woman approached him to ask a question. As she drew closer to him, he tipped his head back to look through the bottom lenses of his bifocals to focus on her more clearly. 'There you go again!' the woman exploded. 'You stick your nose up in the air every time I talk to you! Who do you think you are? I'm sick of your arrogant attitude!' The Priest was taken aback by her outburst of anger. 'You don't understand,' he explained. 'I'm not sticking my nose up in the air at you. I just can't see you when you get near me. I'm tilting my head back so I can see you through the bottom half of my bifocals." +++ Sounds familiar, isn't it? Someone so rightly said, "We view things not only from different sides but with different eyes." Or to put i...

"So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law." - Galatians 5:1. +++ A female humpback whale had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighed down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, and a line tugging in her mouth. A fisherman spotted her and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as if she was thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful exper...

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." 1 Corinthians 2:9. +++ When William Montague Dyke was a child, he was blinded in an accident, but he never allowed this handicap to deter him. He graduated with high honors from an English university and, while a student, fell in love with the daughter of a high-ranking British naval officer whom he was to marry. Before the wedding he had an eye operation in the hopes that it would restore his eyesight. However, he didn't want the bandages removed from his eyes until his wedding day when he stood before his bride to be. If the surgery failed, he would remain blind for the rest of his life. If successful, the person he wanted to see first was to be his bride. The wedding day arrived. The dignitaries and guests waited in anticipation as the organ played the wedding march and the bride, accompanied by her father and the groom's surgeon, slowly walked the aisle to the ...

“Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.” – Jeremiah 29:12. +++ Tom, a little boy, was to begin schooling soon. When the day arrived, that was his first day at school, he was so excited that he got up very early although his school starts at 9:30 am. He brushed his teeth, packed his bag, his snack box and dressed up. Then he went and woke up his parents telling them, “Come on, reach me to school.” His parents were surprised and wondered why he was so excited. However, they reached him to school. Tom attended school but when he came back, surprisingly, that excited and happy mood was no more. There was something different about him. This went on for many days and the mother who noticed this change called Tom and asked, “Tom, every day when you are going to school you are so energized, cheerful and bright, but when you are back, I don’t see the same excited feelings. Why is it so?” Tom replied, “I love school but not my teacher.” His mother as...

It is important that we realize and always keep in mind that it is by the strength and power of Almighty God that we are successful in the things He has called us to do. If we depend on our own strength and will, then we will eventually burn out and fail. Spend time with the Lord and allow Him to refresh us. +++ A young man approached the foreman of a logging crew and asked for a job. "That depends," replied the foreman. "Let's see you fell this tree." The young man stepped forward and skillfully felled a great tree. Impressed, the foreman exclaimed, "You can start Monday." Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday rolled by - and Thursday afternoon the foreman approached the young man and said, "You can pick up your paycheck on the way out today." Startled, the young man replied, "I thought you paid on Friday." "Normally we do," said the foreman. "But we're letting you go today because you've fal...